178 



Hourly Meteorological Observations, January 16 — 18, 1844. 







Thermometers. 



Wind. 











Gcitt. 

 Mean 

 Time. 



■p 







Clouds 



, 







METER 



at 32°. 



Dry. 



Wet. 



Diff. 



Maximum 

 force in 



1''. 10™. 



From 



Sc. : C.-s. 



movin 



from 



Ci., Sky i 

 I clouded. 



Species of Clouds and Meteorological Remarks. 





d. h. 



in. 



o 



o 



■ 



lbs. 



lbs. 



pt. 



pt. pt. 



pt. O—IU. 







16 8 



30-045 



29-0 



29-6 





0-0 



0-0 







10 



Linear cirri ; stars rather dim. 





9 



057 



28-7 



28-9 





00 



0-0 







20 



Id. ; id. 





10 



054 



30-8 



30-9 





0-0 



0-0 







60 



Cirro-strati and thin cirri. 





11 



053 



29-7 



29-8 





0-0 



00 







30 



Id. 





12 



041 



30-6 



30-4 



0-2 



00 



00 







6-0 



Cirrous clouds. 





13 



30-030 



31-5 



31-3 



0-2 



0-0 



0-0 







40 



Cirrous clouds ; hazy. 





14 



023 



33-6 



32-5 



11 



0-0 



0-0 







7-0 



Id. ; id. 





15 



014 



351 



34-6 



0-5 



0-0 



0-0 







9-5 



Id. 





16 



020 



35-7 



35-0 



0-7 



0-0 



0-0 







100 



Id. 





17 



006 



38-1 



371 



1-0 



0-0 



00 







50 



Id. 





18 



30-004 



37-3 



36-8 



0-5 



0-0 



00 







0-5 



Thin cirro-strati on horizon. 





19 



29-995 



36-7 



36-3 



0-4 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Id. 





20 



29-998 



350 



35-0 





0-0 



00 





20: — 



— 60 



Scud to SE. ; woolly and diffuse cirri. 





21 



30-020 



34-9 



34-9 





00 



00 





28: — 



— 9-5 



Scud ; linear and mottled cirri ; cirrous-haze. 





22 



033 



37-7 



37-7 





0-0 



00 







9-5 



Woolly and linear cirri ; cirro-strati ; cirrous-haze. 



23 



044 



37-4 



37-6 





0-0 



0-0 







7-0 



Woolly cirri, cirrous-haze ; scud on S. horizon. 





17 



030 



40-3 



39-9 



0-4 



0-0 



00 







7-0 



Woolly cirri and cirrous-haze. 





1 



30024 



42-5 



41-3 



1-2 



0-0 



0-0 







7-0 



Id. 





2 



29-996 



44-1 



42-7 



1-4 



00 



00 



20 



— 



— 



2 70 



Thin cirri, ribbed in some places. 





3 



991 



43-5 



420 



1-5 



0-0 



00 



20 



— 



— 



2 6-0 



Diffuse cirri and cirrous-haze. 





4 



990 



41-1 



40-3 



0-8 



00 



00 



20 



— 



— 



2 70 



Diffuse cirri. 





5 



986 



36-4 



36-6 





00 



0-0 





— 



— 



2 70 



Id. 





6 



983 



35-6 



35-0 



0-6 



0-0 



0-0 





— 



— 



2 4-0 



Id., much tinged with red. 





7 



983 



340 



33-8 



0-2 



0-0 



00 







40 



Id. 





8 



969 



35-8 



35-6 



0-2 



00 



0-0 







30 



Id. 





9 



965 



34-1 



34-0 



0-1 



00 



0-0 







0-5 



Id. 





10 



969 



331 



33-1 





00 



0-0 







0-5 



Hazy. 





11 



962 



33-1 



33-0 



01 



0-0 



00 







0-5 



Id. 





12 



962 



33-2 



32-9 



0-3 



0-0 



0-0 







0-0 



Stars bright. 





13 



29-950 



32-9 



32-5 



0-4 



0-0 



0-0 







0-2 



Stars bright ; streaks of cirri to N. 





14 



953 



32-5 



32-1 



0-4 



00 



00 







0-1 



Id. : id. 





15 



936 



34-1 



33-7 



0-4 



00 



00 







0-0 



Id. 





16 



934 



34-0 



33-6 



0-4 



0-2 



0-1 



23 





01 



Id. ; cirri to S. 





17 



919 



34-4 



33-8 



0-6 



0-2 



01 



20 





01 



Id. ; id. 





18 



915 



33-7 



33-3 



0-4 



0-2 



0-1 



20 





00 



Id. 





19 



914 



39-5 



38-3 



1-2 



0-2 



01 



20 





0-2 



Id. ; id. 





20 



919 



39-3 



38-3 



1-0 



01 



01 



20 



— 



— 



26 30 



Woolly and linear cirri ; cirro-cumuli. 





21 



925 



41-2 



39-7 



1-5 



0-5 



0-2 



20 



25 



26 



— 40 



Pat. of scud ; mottled cir.-str. in zen. ; cir.-cum. 



, red. 



22 



907 



43-3 



41-7 



1-6 



0-3 



0-2 



21 



25 



25 



— 7-0 



Scud ; cir.-cum. -str., cirro-cumuli, cirro-strati. 





23 



910 



45-6 



43-0 



2-6 



0-3 



0-6 



22 



24 



26 



26 3-5 



Id. ; cirro-cumuli, cirro-strati, mottled cirri. 





18 



886 



45-8 



430 



2-8 



1-1 



0-3 



21 



25 



25 



— 2-0 



Id. ; id., id., id. 





1 



875 



47-0 



43-5 



3-5 



2-4 



0-2 



22 



24 



— 



— 8-0 



Id., loose cumuli ; cirri. 





2 



825 



47-1 



43-4 



3-7 



0-6 



1-8 



23 



24 



— 



— 4-0 



Id., id. ; id. 





3 



799 



47-6 



43-1 



4-5 



3-2 



1-5 



25 



26 



— 



— 8-5 



Thick scud, loose cumuli ; patches of cirri. 





4 



794 



46-6 



43-0 



3-6 



1-7 



0-2 



20 



25 



— 



— 6-5 



Id., id. 





5 



751 



46-6 



42-2 



4-4 



3-2 



2-7 



23 



24 



— 



— 8-0 



Scud ; sky milky. 





6 



743 



46-0 



42-4 



3-6 



2-4 



1-5 





24 



— 



:— 9-0 



Id. ; id. 





7 



731 



45-2 



41-8 



3-4 



2-0 



0-4 



26 



24 



: — 



:— 4-0 



Id. 





8 



714 



45-9 



41-8 



4-1 



11 



2-7 



21 





100 



Light rain. 





9 



681 



45-5 



42-2 



3-3 



2-3 



2-2 



24 





10-0 



Scud. 





10 



662 



45-1 



41-3 



3-8 



4-4 



1-8 



24 





0-2 



Id. 





11 



652 



47-0 



42-9 



4-1 



3-3 



2-6 



24 



24 : — 



:— 6-0 



Id. 





12 



620 



48-2 



45-0 



3-2 



3-5 



2-9 







: io-o 



Id. 





13 



29-592 



48-4 



44-6 



3-8 



6-2 



4-2 



27 





4-0 



Scud. 





14 



603 



45-5 



410 



4-5 



37 



10 



21 





1 00 



Clear. 



The 



The 



direction 



of the wind is indicated by the number of the po 



nt of the com 



pass, reckoning N. — 0, E. = 8, S. = 16, VV. = 24. 



motioi 



is of the th 



ree strata of clouds, Sc. (scud), C.-s. (cirro-stratus 



), and ( 'ir. (cii 



— — — 



J 



